{"id":403,"date":"2014-07-03T13:05:48","date_gmt":"2014-07-03T13:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=403"},"modified":"2025-02-22T11:47:03","modified_gmt":"2025-02-22T16:47:03","slug":"the-guilt-trip-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/?p=403","title":{"rendered":"The Guilt Trip-2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Guilt Trip-2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director Anne Fletcher<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Starring Seth Rogan, Barbra Streisand<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Scott&#8217;s Review #89<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243456.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1202\" src=\"http:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243456-210x300.jpg\" alt=\"70243456\" width=\"210\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243456-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/scottsfilmreviews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/07\/70243456.jpg 284w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Reviewed July 3, 2014<\/p>\n<p><strong>Grade: C+<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Guilt Trip (2012) is a lightweight, fun piece of fluff.<\/p>\n<p>It stars Seth Rogan as a thirty-something single guy from New Jersey with a Jewish (in every clich\u00e9d way) overbearing mother played by Barbra Streisand.<\/p>\n<p>Through circumstances from his job, they are forced to take a road trip cross country to California where they are to meet a long-lost beau of hers.<\/p>\n<p>If not for the talents and humor of Barbra Streisand, this movie would have been a dud. It&#8217;s a dumb movie, but Streisand plays her overbearing, annoying character to the hilt and makes her loveable.<\/p>\n<p>There is nice chemistry between Streisand and Rogan, though frankly, I wonder why Streisand has turned to mindless comedy over more highbrow film work.<\/p>\n<p>Rogan plays a character he has played time and time again in these types of films.<\/p>\n<p>The film screams predictable throughout as with similar road trip comedies, they encounter all of the United States&#8217; geographical stereotypes (cowboys, steakhouses, bull-riding, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>A dumb film made somewhat enjoyable by the two leads.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Guilt Trip-2012 Director Anne Fletcher Starring Seth Rogan, Barbra Streisand Scott&#8217;s Review #89 Reviewed July 3, 2014 Grade: C+ The Guilt Trip (2012) is a lightweight, fun piece of fluff. 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